Combined chair and foot-rest



(No Model.)

A. HARTE. COMBINED CHAIR AND FOOT REST.

No. 590,520. Patented Sept UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST HARTE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

COMBINED CHAIR AND FOOT-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,520, datedSeptember 21, 1897.

Application filed 11118 16, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST I-IARTE, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usef ulImprovements in a Combined Chair and Foot-Rest; and I do hereby declarethe fol-' lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to combined chairs and foot-rests, and the objectthereof is to provide adjustable rockers for such articles of furniture,whereby they may be used either as a childs rocker or as a rockingfoot-rest, the use last mentioned being preferably in connection with arocking-chair, so that the foot-support may move in conformity with thechair and thus be quite as comfortable as a complete reclining-chair.

Having these objects in view, the invention resides in the novelfeatures of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed, andillustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the improvement used as a foot-rest in connection with arocking-chair. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same with the rockersarranged for a childs chair, shown partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detailview of one of the rockers.

Side rails A are curved sharply at B, so that seat 0 and back D aredisposed nearly at right angles to each other. Secured to each rocker Eare two upright rods or standards F F, having slight upward convergence.

The seat portion of each rail is formed with two apertures G G, toreceive, respectively, rods F F, the rockers when thus positioned makingthe chair very comfortable for children.

In order that the seat and back portions may have greater inclinationthan when used as a chair, apertures H H are formed in the rails toreceive rods F F, opening H being between apertures G G in the bottomportion, while opening H is formed in the back portion of the rail adistance above angle B.

Serial No. 641,056. (No model.)

When the rockers are adjusted to this position, back D is disposed atsuch angle as to comfortably support the legs of the occupant of mainrocker I, the outer end of the back reaching about to the knees, whileseat 0 is disposed sufficiently upward to afford a comfortable backingfor the feet. In this position the occupant may be quite comfortable, asin a complete reclining-chair having an elaborate foot-rest attachment.

As the chair-body may be given different inclinations from those herementioned by providing the rails with more apertures to receive therocker-standards, I do not limit myself to the exact number orarrangement of such apertures shown.

I am aware that it is old to provide a chair with attachable rockers forthe purpose of converting the same into a rocking-chair and that it isalso old to adj ustably secure rockers to a chair for giving to the seatand back variable inclinations, but I am not aware that it has beenproposed heretofore to provide the rockers with such adjustment as willtransform the chair into a foot-rest of the character here shown; nor amI aware that prior to my invention the standards have been permanentlysecured to the rockers,with their upper ends detachably uniting with thechair-body.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved combined foot-rest and rocking-chair, comprising therigidly-united back and seat portions disposed at an angle to eachother, rockers, and standards raised therefrom adapted to variablyconnect with the back and seat portions, whereby the inclinations of thelatter may be varied, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved combined foot-rest and rocking-chair, comprising therigidly-united back and seat portions disposed at an angle to each otherand each portion provided on its under side with a plurality of sockets,rockers, and two standards projected upward from each rocker, theforward standard of each rocker being adapted to engage a seatportionsocket and the rear standard'adapted to engage a back-portion socket,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination with angular side rails A outlining seat 0 and back Dof the chair,

the under sides of the seat and back portions of the rails being formedwith apertures, of rockers, and standards secured thereto and at theirupper ends adapted to enter the rail-

